How do individuals apply for invention patents?

You can find an agency for personal application, because it is inconvenient for you to run a lot of processes to apply for one yourself. I suggest you choose an agent to help you register (the following is the process of applying for a patent yourself)

(a) Determine the type of application

1, the shape, structure, production technology and formula of the invented product are protected for 20 years.

2. The shape and structure of the utility model product or the combination of the two shall be protected for 65,438+00 years.

3. The design protection period of product shape, pattern or color and their combination is 65,438+00 years.

(two) the contents of the application documents:

1. Invention (utility model): request, claim, specification, drawings of specification, abstract and drawings of abstract.

2. Design: request, design drawings or photos, and a brief description of the design. Methods: Write it yourself or entrust an agency to write it.

(3) Submission of patent documents

1. Direct mail or delivery to China National Intellectual Property Administration (Beijing)

2. Face to face with China National Intellectual Property Administration

(4) Pay the application fee.

1, invented 900 yuan/piece; 500 yuan/piece of utility model; Design 500 yuan/piece. (The agent's price is only a little higher than these, and the invention is 4880 yuan/piece; The utility model is 2380 yuan/piece; Design 680 yuan/piece)

2. You can apply to China National Intellectual Property Administration Transportation for fee reduction and exemption, and pay 30% of the fee, and you can also pay 30% of the annual fee in the first three years.

The following materials must be prepared:

1, name of invention;

2. Existing technical data (technical data that are closest to the invention and creation and have been published, including published scientific and technological papers, published patents or references for completing the invention and creation);

3. Accomplish the purpose of the present invention;

4. Technical scheme to achieve the purpose of the invention: product invention needs to describe the product structure and composition in detail, and method invention needs to describe the method steps in detail;

5. Attached drawings (inventions in the field of machinery must have attached drawings): You can clearly see the structure of the product and distinguish the connection relationship of each part, which can be divided into exploded drawings and anatomical drawings. ;

6. Specific embodiment (Complete the specific embodiment of the present invention, including the experimental data of the experimental process);

7. The best effect that the invention can achieve;

8. The applicant needs a company seal: the applicant needs a personal signature;

9. Each application shall provide the applicant's name, detailed address, telephone number, postal code, inventor's name and other clear materials.

Description:

1. Relevant documents submitted to China National Intellectual Property Administration (Patent Office), including abstract, appended drawings of abstract, claims, specification and appended drawings of specification, are written by patent agents.

It takes about three years for an invention patent to be applied for and authorized, and the invention patent certificate will be issued about three months after registration.